Our reverence towards stars and celebrities was not borne of the 19th century’s cinematic revolution, but rather has been a resilient aspect of our culture for millennia. Ancient tales of immortal gods rising again and again after fatal injury, the veneration and deification of social and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-04-04 18:00:30 UTC ]
Neil Jordan, whose films include "The Crying Game" and "Mona Lisa", is attached to screenwrite Simon Sebag Montefiore's Jerusalem (W&N) for television. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital media is arguably making its analog counterparts less important. For instance, an old vinyl album or rare CD can be streamed -- the physical version just takes up space and can be a burden. The same can be said for books -- having a house full of bound sheets of paper is sort of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salvatore Rubbino gives us a tour through A Walk Through Paris, which has just won the Independent Bookshop Week children’s picture book award 2015 – including lesson on how to draw the Mona Lisa herself Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]